10 For they say , "His letters are weighty and strong , but his personal presence is unimpressive and his speech contemptible ."

Matthew Henry's Commentary on 2 Corinthians 10:10

Commentary on 2 Corinthians 10:7-11

(Read 2 Corinthians 10:7-11)

In outward appearance, Paul was mean and despised in the eyes of some, but this was a false rule to judge by. We must not think that none outward appearance, as if the want of such things proved a man not to be a real Christian, or an able, faithful minister of the lowly Saviour.